Synthesis of the new 6-carba-nido-dodecahydrodecaborate(–1) and 4-carba-nido-nonaborane(14)
Abstract
Reduction of 6-Me3N-6-CB9H11(I) to 6-CB9H12–(II) and hydrolytic degradation of (II) to 4-CB8H14(III), the first monocarbaborane belonging to the arachno-series, are described; structures for these compounds are proposed on the basis of their genesis and n.m.r. spectra.